On-Time Report

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Airport month · July 2024

Wilmington International in July 2024

69.0%departed on time

BTS: A flight is counted as on time if it arrived less than 15 minutes after its scheduled time. Only carriers with at least 0.5 percent of domestic scheduled passenger revenue report.

In July 2024, reporting carriers scheduled 860 domestic departures from Wilmington International (ILM). 69.0% left less than 15 minutes late and 66.7% reached their destination on time; 5.0% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 68.5% of flights departed on time and 68.1% arrived on time, so ILM departures were 0.5 points above the national departure figure.

Flights arriving at ILM that month were on time 65.5% of the time (861 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 49%, air carrier 27% and national aviation system 17%.

Every scheduled departure from ILM in July 2024, judged by arrival at the destination.

July 2024 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation

MeasureJul 2024Year earlierILM, 12 months to Jul 2026All reported flights, Jul 2024
Departed on time69.0%—78.3%68.5%
Arrived on time66.7%—78.2%68.1%
Cancelled5.0%—3.2%2.9%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)28.7 min—16.8 min24.9 min
Scheduled departures a day29—2121,154
Scheduled departures860—7,522634,613

Airlines that month

Reporting carrierFlightsShareOn timeAvg arrival delayCancelled
OH PSA Airlines16719%57.5%41.8 min6.0%
AA American Airlines16019%56.9%46.2 min6.3%
9E Endeavor Air15318%62.7%13.7 min8.5%
MQ Envoy Air15017%80.7%7.6 min0.0%
YX Republic Airline14717%78.2%10.1 min1.4%
DL Delta Air Lines759%66.7%16.9 min10.7%
OO SkyWest Airlines81%62.5%30.6 min0.0%

Busiest routes that month

RouteCitiesFlightsOn timeAvg arrival delayCancelled
ILM–CLTWilmington to Charlotte26259.9%41.6 min5.3%
ILM–LGAWilmington to New York17866.9%15.3 min7.3%
ILM–ATLWilmington to Atlanta12269.7%15.8 min7.4%
ILM–DCAWilmington to Washington6266.1%30.7 min4.8%
ILM–DFWWilmington to Dallas/Fort Worth5877.6%10.8 min0.0%
ILM–PHLWilmington to Philadelphia5162.7%25.6 min5.9%
ILM–ORDWilmington to Chicago4381.4%-0.9 min0.0%
ILM–BOSWilmington to Boston4067.5%24.5 min0.0%
ILM–MIAWilmington to Miami3193.5%-3.0 min0.0%
ILM–MSPWilmington to Minneapolis1330.8%23.2 min7.7%

By scheduled departure hour

On-time share:under 62%6270768288% and over
Share of departures that left less than 15 minutes late, by scheduled hour (local time), July 2024.

Delay causes

BTS cause categoryShare of delay minutesNational, Jul 2024Minutes
Air carrier26.6%36.6%6,556
Late-arriving aircraft48.5%42.7%11,936
National Aviation System16.9%16.0%4,155
Extreme weather8.0%4.6%1,969
Security0.1%0.1%15
24,631 delay minutes on 240 flights that arrived 15 or more minutes late and carried a cause report. Carriers assign the categories; see what each category means.
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Questions and answers

How many flights left ILM on time in July 2024?

69.0% of 860 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 66.7% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 68.5% and 68.1%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

July 2023 is outside the 36 months on file, or the airport had too few reported flights that month.

Provenance

Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for July 2024; public domain. Domestic scheduled flights by reporting carriers, totals and averages only. The site's data runs through July 2026. Full record for ILM · methodology · corrections.